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A view from the terrace of the biggest arts centre in the biggest city in Europe, which ought to be our pride and joy Dear Southbank...

I'm not sure that listening to a completely terrifying performance of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 11 was the best way to spend my bi...

Saturday was a day I shall remember for a very long time. When strange things connect, when music does what it was meant to do, when people...

Another opening, another LPO show - except that this wasn't. I'm still reeling from the brickbat impact of Vladimir Jurowski's T...

WIN A SWAN LAKE CD AND A COPY OF ODETTE Vladimir Jurowski's recording of Swan Lake in its original 1877 version - before Dri...

I’ve just had a terrific Skype chat with the young Russian violinist  Alena Baeva , ahead of her London debut at the Royal Festival Hall on...

' One Day One Choir' sounds singular. But hang on a mo: no fewer than 55 countries are now taking part in this gigantic day of c...

When I glanced down at the carrier bags and saw the two gigantic volumes of score, I realised the chap next to me on the Glyndebourne bus wa...